ArticleApplied clinical informatics2011
The impact of health information exchange on health outcomes.
Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Health Information Exchanges in the Adult Inpatient Setting: a Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Health information technology interventions and engagement in HIV care and achievement of viral suppression in publicly funded settings in the US: A cost-effectiveness analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Article
- Regional data exchange to improve care for veterans after non-VA hospitalization: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2019Article
- Usage of and Attitudes Toward Health Information Exchange Before and After System Implementation in a VA Medical Center.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2019Article
- Interoperable Electronic Health Records and Health Information Exchanges: Systematic Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2019Review
- A Qualitative Study to Examine Approaches used to Manage Data about Health Facilities and their Challenges: A Case of Uganda.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2019Article
- Attitude of physiotherapists toward electronic health record in Croatia.Archives of physiotherapy · 2019Article
- An eHealth Platform for the Support of a Brazilian Regional Network of Mental Health Care (eHealth-Interop): Development of an Interoperability Platform for Mental Care Integration.JMIR mental health · 2018Article
- Health Information Exchange Use (1990-2015): A Systematic Review.EGEMS (Washington, DC) · 2017Article
- Linking the health data system in the U.S.: Challenges to the benefits.International journal of nursing sciences · 2017Review
- Medication Use among Veterans across Health Care Systems.Applied clinical informatics · 2017Article
- The value of connected health information: perceptions of electronic health record users in Canada.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Article
- Outcomes From Health Information Exchange: Systematic Review and Future Research Needs.JMIR medical informatics · 2015Article
- Overview of recent trans-institutional health network projects in Japan and Germany.Journal of medical systems · 2015Article
- Health information exchange implementation: lessons learned and critical success factors from a case study.JMIR medical informatics · 2014Article
- State funding for health information technology and selected ambulatory healthcare quality measures.Applied clinical informatics · 2014Article
- Association between use of a health information exchange system and hospital admissions.Applied clinical informatics · 2014Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveHealthcare professionals, industry and policy makers have identified Health Information Exchange (HIE) as a solution to improve patient safety and overall quality of care. The potential benefits of HIE on healthcare have fostered its implementation and adoption in the United States. However,there is a dearth of publications that demonstrate HIE effectiveness. The purpose of this review was to identify and describe evidence of HIE impact on healthcare outcomes.
methodsA database search was conducted. The inclusion criteria included original investigations in English that focused on a HIE outcome evaluation. Two independent investigators reviewed the articles. A qualitative coding approach was used to analyze the data.
resultsOut of 207 abstracts retrieved, five articles met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 3 were randomized controlled trials, 1 involved retrospective review of data, and 1 was a prospective study. We found that HIE benefits on healthcare outcomes are still sparsely evaluated, and that among the measurements used to evaluate HIE healthcare utilization is the most widely used.
conclusionsOutcomes evaluation is required to give healthcare providers and policy-makers evidence to incorporate in decision-making processes. This review showed a dearth of HIE outcomes data in the published peer reviewed literature so more research in this area is needed. Future HIE evaluations with different levels of interoperability should incorporate a framework that allows a detailed examination of HIE outcomes that are likely to positively affect care.
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